Just putting finishing touches on my demo for the upcoming AWS Online Dev Day for Modern Application Development! (My first since joining the DevRel team… š) It’s free and it’s happening October 15 at 10AM CEST. There are separate tracks for IT managers, architects, and devs. You can see the agenda and register here:
Month: September 2020
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@mmastertheone Yeah. I got the email from them about it this morning. Ugh!
@hannahyanfield Consider it a helpful way to help you filter the very best candidates!
@the_nathanjones Damn you. I just made the grocery list, but I think Iām going to have to revise…
@CoreyGinnivan @the_nathanjones AMAZING. ā¤ļø
@tdpauw I’m sorry. I hope you feel better soon!
Things I like about German grocery stories:
– an ENTIRE ROW of pickles
– frozen giant pretzels you bake in the oven
– FOUR rows of cookies & cakes
– more types of salamis & deli meats than I ever knew existedWhat I don’t like about German grocery stores:
– So. Expensive. š°
Okay, I would’ve rated myself an expert googler (from way back when you could use things like “site:” and “link:” in your search), and I legit did not know wildcards were a thing. š³ https://t.co/gsWLhYwxxZ
@ColtPower The sign on the aisle just says, “SauergemĆ¼se”. š
@the_nathanjones @CoreyGinnivan Interestingly, I have yet to see it in a supermarket here. š¤
@mauerbac I was gonna say Aurora, but is it a boy? How about Dynamo? š
RT @renebrandel: @nil_ooy š PM for Amplify here! Weāre actually running a user study. If youāre curious about Amplify today (and what weāreā¦
@gckeller It may be the things we buy. We used to eat fairly low-carb in Australia, but fresh meat is pretty expensive. At the moment it’s just anecdotal; once I have a few more weeks’ data I’ll be able to compare better.
@abertrotzdem Our neighbourhood has a farmers market every Thursday! We checked it out last week. Definitely will be making use of that.
@abertrotzdem @ClacaEuropa Okay, now googling Turkish supermarkets. There are a few not too far away. Itāll be easier once we have our bicycles!
@Seiler_IT Yes. Iām a planner; I like to make a menu and a list for the whole week. And while I like Aldi/Lidl, they are so disorganised and the stock changes so frequently that itās hard to plan.
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@mmastertheone HELLS YES
Loved this deep dive on optimising your Lambda function start time! https://t.co/3lpntVsH94
Thank you @anbarth for my new favourite German phrase: “Klappe zu, Affe tot.” (Shut it down; the monkey is dead.) šš https://t.co/DQ3VQRzZEc
Fantastic opportunity to work with one of the best folks in the biz, the poetic and noble land-mermaid herself @hannahyanfield… ā¤ļøš§āāļø https://t.co/uvBI33pssm
RT @Brocklesnitch: Someone found a good clip of the watermelon incident from amazing race. It was funny then and is funny now https://t.co/ā¦
Dialled in to the AWS Berlin User group, and one of the organisers is from Melbourne! š I feel right at home… @aaronwalker
@AU_JohnDw20 @aaronwalker Oh wow! They mentioned quite proudly tonight how long itās been running – more than 80 meetups so far. Seems like a great group. š
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@notsolonecoder Thanks for the tip! Will investigate. š
@The_McJones @TheRealBnut @pjf Duel of the Fates was legitimately awesome and better than anything else in that movie other than Obi-Wanās buzzcut.
@lemon_lime Picturing you referring to the kittens as bĆ©bĆ©s…
@puzzlement Costco, IIRC. š
I’m also voting early and by email from abroad. ā šŗšø
What’s your voting plan? https://t.co/CHu5zpvBea
Nearly done with Sex Education season 2. Seeing six young women smash a car in righteous anger at how men have casually assaulted them was the most liberating thing Iāve seen all year. Nearly made me tear up. (I still remember when it happened to me. I was 20, on the bus.)
RT @ikebarinholtz: God I love Chicago https://t.co/N6BfCBDYnc
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Remember how I said the crowds were making me nervous? Yeah. š·
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More Parks… and a Visitor!
Autumn in Munich continues to be warm and sunny, so weāve been taking advantage to get out and about. Last weekend we caught the bus to Nymphenburg Palace, the main summer residence for the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. The palace itself is bigger than Versailles, and you approach alongside canals that flow into a large reflecting pond with a fountain.
The day was so beautiful, we didnāt even bother to go inside! Weāll save the interior for the winter. The park attached to the palace is enormous, and consists of both a formal French garden as well as an āEnglish-styleā wilderness (like the Englischer Garten). It was lovely to explore the shady tree-lined paths!
We saw quite a bit of wildlife! There were plenty of ducks and geese, of course, but we also spotted large fish in the two lakes. We were also stunned to come across a small deer grazing. It seemed remarkably unfazed by people…
We made the looooong hike to the far end of the park. I had been looking forward to seeing the Grand Cascade in action, but unfortunately it was dry! Not sure why that was. Still, we had fun sitting on a bench near Athena and enjoying a snack. You can see all the way back to the palace if you squint.
The park had several āpavilionsā – miniature palaces that served as hunting lodges and tea rooms and bathing houses. Mythological figures featured heavily in the decorations, and we had fun trying to identify each of them. The Apollotemple stands opposite the Badenburg, and we wandered around the lake to visit both.
We were delighted at one point to find a small cataract, complete with Pan playing a flute and a goat lounging nearby…
As we completed our giant circular tour of the park, we ended up back at the formal French gardens near the palace. The statues were gorgeous against the blue sky and the flowers in bloom.
I even spotted Dionysus… šš·
On the way home, we walked to another well-regarded ice cream shop: Patagon Helados. This was Argentinian ice cream – never had that before! It was delicious… š¦
Fast forward a week, and we had our first visitor – Roddās old uni buddy Scott! Scottās lived in Germany for many years now, but had only spent limited time in Bavaria. We gave him a tour and took him out to dinner at the local Wirtshaus Friday night.
Since Scott had a car with him, we decided on Saturday to go somewhere a bit farther afield. We headed to Oberschleissheim to the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim, an aircraft museum at a historic airfield. It was about half an hourās drive from our house, and when we got their at lunchtime, we spotted a sign pointing to a āBiergarten am Flugplatz.ā We headed off on foot down the indicated road, wondering the whole time where the heck we were going to end up. Fifteen minutes later, we popped out at an amazing little beer gardenĀ literally next to the runway, complete with a live oompah band. We had sausages and beer and watched as gliders were yanked into the sky with a mechanical winch (like giant kites). It was SO FUN and surreal at the same time.
We also toured the museum itself, which had like 70 airplanes from the dawn of aviation up to the present day.
Today for our last day we headed to the Westpark, since the Snook and I had only previously explored half of it. We crossed Garmischer Strasse and headed to the far western section. The park was full of people having picnics, riding bikes, grilling sausages, and just enjoying life. We enjoyed seeing the four Asian gardens remaining from the International Garden Expo in 1983, including this gorgeous Thai-Sala.
We brought a picnic ourselves and enjoyed it in the parkās biergarten overlooking the lake. The Snook was intrigued by the stall selling fish cooked on sticks over charcoal, and I reckon at some point heāll actually try it!
We then wandered home, enjoying the warm sun and the beautiful flowers. I donāt know how many more of these weekends weāll have left, but it was lovely to get to spend it with an old friend!
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RT @jonhoo: Big news time š¢ After I finish my thesis, I’ll be joining Amazon AWS, specifically to drive adoption of Rust internally at Amazā¦
@msharp Very pretty!
Biergarten #3. Sending Carrot home with an extra 2kg or so… #picnic š» https://t.co/aHgYsJuZK1 https://t.co/PK9djeHCL0
RT @naogannet: Summary in case thereās no alt text: if you have a uterus and are post-menopausal, but your period returns, however briefly:ā¦
These are the best cookies in Germany. #fightme https://t.co/ezQCBmbc73 https://t.co/vwl1upXr8S
Blog post: More parksā¦ and a visitor! https://t.co/yGFiGprU7W https://t.co/GVBVvCAMoy
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I was hopeful last year that the Republicans might actually get residency-based taxation into their tax bill, but of course they screwed that up. Every year as I pay an accountant to file two complicated tax returns, I think about this option. (And this year it will be three returns…)
Saw this in the supermarket yesterday and immediately bought it. It cheered me up. At least Iām in the right hemisphere to celebrate decorative gourd season, mf-er. ā¤ļø
Biergarten #3. Sending Carrot home with an extra 2kg or so… #picnic š»
Happy birthday Joey!
Happy birthday, my beautiful Panten! ā¤ļøš
These are the best cookies in Germany. #fightme
Another blog post with lots of photos. Enjoying the nice Autumn weather while we can!
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These are the best cookies in Germany. #fightme
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RT @JuliaGillard: Ruth Bader Ginsburgās intellect, wise words and determination to achieve gender equality shined throughout her long lifeā¦
RT @mradamscott: I look around at the strong women in my lifeāparticularly my wife, daughter and dearly departed mom, and feel grateful weāā¦
When they said the biergarten was ādirekt am Flugplatzā (directly at the airfield), they werenāt kidding! āļøš» https://t.co/mstrQkK4yw https://t.co/F3DsBiP17g
Watching gliders take off while an oompah band plays Bavarian folk classics and the boys debate the feasibility of buying an aircraft… https://t.co/km4UtIiGkD
GƤrtnerpfanne (āGardenerās Panā) – spinach cheese spƤtzel. šš» https://t.co/vWV0SIVX5T https://t.co/jwDuCFR2or
